Stansted
Travel Blogs from Stansted, United Kingdom
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Learning to drive all over again
... story! We left Susan and Bruce's flat on Monday (May 7) morning to catch the tube to the bus that would take us to Stansted airport, where we had a rental car waiting for us. The 10 minute walk to the tube station with massive, heavy backpacks was not ...
About to leave
... be making the first (and longest - 30 hours!) part of my journey. And this is my 6 stage plan to get there: 1. Get a lift to Stansted Airport 2. easybus to Baker Street 3. Tube to Heathrow airport 4. Fly to Miami 5. Change and fly to La Paz 6. Stay on the ...
Ueber London zum Ueberraschungsbesuch nach Wien
... total wertvolle Freundschaft... und genau richtig an dieser Stelle, denn wohin sonst mit Cello und Koffer? Dann eine NAhct auf dem Stansted Airport eine total interessante SDache... ein Flughafen ein grosser Schlafsaal... gespenstisch still.... ...
Lost in transit..again... let's reminisce...
Arriving back in Stansted U.K. for the return flight to Kuala Lumpur, finds me in the never never land/time of the "date line"..it might be Friday night but the 12..5 hours trip ends up being 7:30 pm in Malaysia Saturday night.. boy, time flies when ...
Merry Christmas
Dies ist wahrscheinlich der letzte Eintrag in diesem Jahr, ich bin wieder in Berlin, Zeit um auszuspannen. Was euch im nächsten Jahr erwartet? Die England bzw. MBA Erfahrung geht weiter: 1. werde ich mich über Weihnachten mit meinem ...
Mr. Cello K. und Mrs. H.K. fliegen nach GB
... Mein Papa hat mich samt meines Gepaecks zum Flughafen Stuttgart gebracht und dann bin ich von odort aus mit Germanwings nahc Stansted geflogen. Ich wurde wie eine Kaiserin hofiert und ich muss echt sagen, Germanwings hat fuer Leute wie mich mit ...
Travel to Stansted Airport, Au revoir England!
At 4am Rob, Mum, Dad and me set off to Stansted airport. It was freezing outside!! We found it ok (being our first time there). we went to find our check in details, Mum & Dad checked we were all ok, then we said their goodbyes so they could get back ...
6 hours of traveling later...
We arrive at Stansted at about 8pm and proceed to have a, probably, day old burger somewhere in the airport. Yum. Turns out that all the shops, in the departure lounge and outside, close at about 9pm so we have to sit around for 4 hours before our flight ...
Preparations
Day minus 5 So i'm sat at home in Stansted Mountfitchet, a village in Essex, home of such attractions as Mountfitchet Castle, House on the Hill Toy Museum and The Windmill, 5 days until I leave, surrounded by clothes, listen and learn Spanish CDs and ...
Let's start at the very beginning!
... though...I hope the worm of a traffic warden gets a bad case of the trots!! Bye for now. Oh and after being sat in Stansted airport listening to the cocker-nees I've decided I need to find myself one...I just love the accent! Rich me old china pots (or ...
Pubs
Eine auffaellige Sache hier in England sind sicherlich die Pubs und die damit verbundene Pubkultur. Man trifft sich im Pub, spielt Pool, schaut Fussball, viel mehr als man das von Deutschland gewohnt ist (okay, der ein oder andere Leser ist vielleicht ...
On our way to Krakow, Poland
... - caught the Stansted Express train to Stansted Airport (45 min) -- 3:25 pm - hopped into a taxi for our Best Western Stansted Manor Hotel (10 min) www.stanstedmanor-hotel.co.uk (booked through www.cheaprooms.com and saved $40 USD) which partially paid ...
Sitting watching and waiting...
After a full english beakfats, we hit the road with Caroline and Lofty. So much for the rain that has been forecast, it was blue sky and sunshine all the way. No traffic and we made it to the hotel in 2 hours! Once checked in, we headed over to the ...
Small Near Disasters
... and also a day shift yesterday, so falling asleep on the bus was natural. I thought the National Express service was terminating at Stansted so this wouldn't be a problem - surely the driver would wake me when I failed to get off? Erm, no. The bus was ...
Memo
The plane to Stansted is warmer than others, although my nose still hurts. I have a window seat and a free seat next to mine. The aircraft tea is poorly made and the shortbread not so stimulating. A long journey to Aunty Sharron's awaits me upon ...
Stansted and home ... sort of
... but there is an alarming amount of metal up here criss crossing the sky. Who'd be an air traffic controller in this? Stansted is all very straightforward but we are again struck by the foul cigarettee smoke as we enter the arrivals hall. ...
Going Home
Erschoepft nach dieser kurzen Nacht erreichen wir die Bushaltestelle des Shuttle Busses. Alles laueft reibungslos. Wir sind puenktlich, wir koennen rechtzeitig einchecken und das Flugzeug ist einigermassen bequem. Allerdings ein grosses Manko: ...
The House of Brass Collectables
Aaaaahhhh... What a breath of fresh air! The temperature has finally dropped and it was 9 degrees when we landed in London. When we finally arrived at our destination, we had a hard time breaking into our bags, ripping and shredding the glad ...
Stanstead - an attempted escape
I hope I am not speaking too soon when I say that Bonn is a lot safer than El Fasher IDP camp in Darfur. But perhaps you think this is challenge enough for someone like me. It serves me right for my shameless accounts of life as some ...
The Stansted Experience
We left KL at 9am and landed in Stansted 12ish hours later. Or next flight was to Ljubljana 24hours later so we decided to sleep in the airport. We secured some good seats early and both managed to get a decent nights sleep. There ...
The hotel that horror movies wish they were set in
For our final night in the UK, we had decided to book a hotel room near the airport ready to fly out to Slovenia today. We chose a place called the Yew Tree Inn, thinking it sounded like a nice family run business. After struggling to get on ...
Flight time
... up at 2:30am (yes probably before some of you went to sleep) and left at 3:45, on time for once! We arrived at Stansted with plenty of time to spare, got through security no problem, and are about to have a lovely breakfast at Wetherspoons. Our flight ...
Stansted Airport
Not flown from here before, rather pleased to note that Stansted is easily accessible from West London. Yes, I do realise this is a somewhat dull travelog, however it is in the nature of an ...
Wallabies await - Montpellier here we come
Oh, good evening, Well, we've said arriverderci Italia, having put many many euros into their national economy! We had a fantastic time travelling around the three major lakes. We've managed to take in some culture, been in love with the ...
Parting is such sweet sorrow...
It is time to bid adieu to Sam yet again and it's made much more painful by the fact that the sun hasn't risen yet and that I'm still ill! I hope that the meds kick in ...
7 Hours to Kill
I had to stopover in London Stansted again before flying out to Ljubljana in Slovenia! Oh yes very exciting, I was meeting Gregor again after 6 months apart! I was very excited and also nervous at the same time. But before all of that I had a 7 hour wait ...
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